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NEGKTIE AND O OLLAR FASTENER. r No. 309,431. I Patented Dec. 16,1884.

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FRANK D. ADAMS, OF AUBURN, CALIFORNIA.

NECKTIE AND COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.309,431, dated December16, 1884.

Application filed August 28,1884. (No model.)

To all whom it nmy concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK D. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, in the county of Placer and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fastenings,of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to that class of devices which are used forpreventing a necktie from working up out of place upon a collar; and theobject of the invention is to provide a light, simple, and inexpensivedevice which may be easily attached to or removed from a necktie, whichwill hold itself so attached and hold the necktie distendedin breadth,and which will hold the necktie at the lower edge of the collar.

To this end my invention consists in the construction forming anecktic-rastener, hereinafter described and claimed, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my necktie-fastener complete. Fig. 2 shows the same attached to anecktie, and Fig. 3 shows the position when in use of the fastenerrelative both to a necktie and a collar.

The fastener consists of a wire sharp at both ends, having its body Bbent in the form of a letter S, with oneend, A, bent away from the bodyat right angles to and nearly in the plane of the general directionthereof, and the other end also bent at right angles to the body, but inthe opposite direction to the end A, and practically in line therewith,and bent back over itself, forming a hook, as shown at C. The wire isspring-tempered, and tends to restore itself to the shape shown when itis bent in any direction. In service the hook end 0 is first insertedfrom the inner side through and up over the lower edge of the necktie.Then the end A is compressed toward the end 0. is inserted in theneck-tie and the fastener allowed to spring apart, pushing the end Ainto place, as shown in Fig. 2.

Either the collar may be placed within the hook C, and both collar andtie put on the person together, or the collar,,being already on the tiewith the hook or hooks on it may be easily placed to secure the hooksbeneath the lower edge of the collar, between the latter and theneckband of the shirt.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A necktie-fastener consisting of a springwire-pointed at both ends,having its body in the form of a letter 8, its ends bent nearly at rightangles thereto and nearly in line with each other, and one end bent backover its body in the form of a hook, substantially as shown anddescribed.

FRANK D. ADAMS. lVitnesses:

S. M. S'rnvnxs, J. W. SMITH.

The sharp point of end A

